Velocipede



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J. M. DILLON.

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No. 325,823. Patented Sept. 385.

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UNITED STATES JAMES M. DI'LLoM'oF BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA.

VELOCIPEDE.

SPECIFIQAI'ION forming part of Letters Patent No. 325,823, datedSeptember 8 1885. Application filed February 12, 1885. (No model.) 7 lTo all whom, it may concern:

ing of velocipedes-such as tricycles, quadricycles, &c.-eitherforrailways or ordinary The invention consists in arrangements andcombination of parts and details, as will be fully describedhereinafter, and pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to -the accompanying drawings, forming part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference-indicate.corresponding parts in all the'figures.

Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional View of my improved velocipede.Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same. Fig. 3 is an enlarged side view ofthe ratchet on a belt-pulley. Fig. 4 is a plan view of the swinging endsof the footlevers. Fig. 5 is a rear end view of the steering-wheel andpart of the frame.

The two driving wheels A are rigidly mounted on the ends of axle B,andadjacent to the inner end of the hub of each wheel the end of a sideshank of a U-shaped frame, 0, is hung, which frame G has anupwardly-proj ecting part, D, in its rear cross-piece, into the top ofwhich part D a pin, F, passes from the top of a fork, F, in which therear steeringwheel, G, is journaled, the part D being of sufficientwidth to permit the steering-wheel G to turn.

A fork, H, projects toward the front from the lower ends of-the fork F,and a pin or pivot, H, on the front end of the fork H passes looselythrough a block, J, arranged to slide on a transverse bar, K, unitingthe side pieces of the frame 0.

The ends of a wire, L, are secured, to the sides of the block J. Thewire is passed over pulleys J at the ends ofthe bar K and over pulleyson the ends of a cross-bar, M, held above the axle on standards M on theupper or front ends of the side bars of the frame 0.

A ball or other handle, N, is secured on the wire L in front of the barM. On the axleB a double ratchet-wheel, 0,is rigidly,rnounted that is, awheel with two ratchet-rings-and adjacent to each side of theratchet-wheel a disk or pulley, 1?, is loosely mounted on the shaft oraxle B. .On the inner side of each pulley or disk Pa sliding bolt, Q, isarranged, the inner beveled end of which is pressed upon thecorresponding ring of ratchet-teeth by a spring, Q; or, in place of thesaid bolt, any other springfpawl may be provided. I a

Ateach side of the part D afoot-lever, R, is pivoted on the rear,cross-piece of the frame 0 to swing vertically, -the points or swingingends of the said levers being below the axle or shaft B. One lever, B,is provided at its front or swinging end'with the two prongs r r, andthe other with the prong r adj usted to pass between the prongs r 1".

Over each disk or pulley P, which is grooved, a metal band or belt, S,is passed, which is secured at the middle of its length to the rim ofits pulley P. V.

he front end ofone band 'S-that is, the end of the part extending downin front of the axle-is secured on theprong r of one lever B,

and the other end, or the rear part of the band extending down behindthe axle, is secured to the prong r of the other lever B. The

other .band S has one endsecured to. the

prong r of one lever B, and the other end to the prong r of the otherlever B, as shown in Fig. 4. Abrake-block, T,is held by a spring, U,above the rim of one wheel A, the said spring U being secured ononestandard M.

In place of the brake shown,- a brake-lever pivoted on one standard M,or any other brake, may be used.

For use on railways flanged wheels are used, and in place of thesteering-wheel two rear wheelsare used.

The-above-describcd driving mechanism can be used for operating'lathesor other machinery or for other purposes. 9

The operation is as follows: The operator PATENT OFFIC places his feetonthe treadles or foot-levers R and depresses them alternately. When alever is pressed down,the front part of a band, S, is pulled down andturns the corresponding disk or pulley, I, in the direction of the arrowIOO a, and as the bolt or pawl Q is engaged with i 7 and twofoot-levers,

the ratchet-wheel O the said ratchet-wheel and the axle are revolved inthe direction of the arrow a. At the same time the rear part of the saidbelt raises the other lever B, with which it is connected. The bolt Qorpawl of one pulley 1? turns the ratchet-wheel,and at the sametime theopposite teeth of the ratchetwheel slide under the bolt or pawl on theother pulley P. Then the bolt or pawl of the latter pulley revolves theaXle, and then the bolt or pawl ofthe first-mentioned pulley revolvesthe axle, and so on.

To steer the velocipcde,the ball N is shifted to the right or left,whereby the steeringwheel is turned.

To apply the brake, the bandis placed on the block T and the said blockpressed upon the rim of the wheel.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desiretosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination, with ashaft, of a ratchet wheel mounted rigidly onthe same, pulleys mounted loosely on'the shaft and having pa-Wls orboltsfor engagement with the teeth of the ratchet-wheel, bands securedon each pulley,

each of the above-described bands having one end secured on the free endof each foot-lever, substantially as herein shown and described.

2. The combination, with a shaft, of the O, the pulleys P, having thebands S, secured on the double ratchet-wheel bolts Q or pawls,

rims of the pulleys, and the foot-levers R, of which one has the prongsr r and the other the prong T the bands S each having one end secured tothe prong T and the other end to the prong r or r, substantially asherein shown and described.

3. In a velocipede, the combination, with the driving wheels and a framehung on the axle, of a steering-wheel journaled in a fork pivoted in therear cross-piece of the frame, a block running on a cross-piece of theframe and connected with the fork of the steering wheel, and ,a wireconnected with the said sliding piece and running along a bar above theaxle, which wire has a ball or handle piece, substantially as hereinshown and described.

4. In a velocipede, the combination, with the driving-wheels and a framehung on the axle, and having a raised part, D, on its rear cross-piece,of the fork F, pivoted on the part D, the wheel G in the fork F, thefork H, the cross-bar K, the sliding block J on the same, the pin H,projecting from the fork H through the block J, and the wire L, securedto the block Jand passed in front ofa bar above the axle, substantiallyas herein shown and described.

JAMES M. DILLON.

Witnesses:

JOHN W. HOLT, JOHN S. MODAVID.

